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ANNA KENDALL, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

SOAP'FOR RESTORING COLOR TO' PLUSHES, VELVETS, 800.

I. SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 319,097, dated June2, 1885.

Application filed April 3, 1885. (No specimens.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ANNA. KENDALL, a citizen of the United States,residing at St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Soap for Restoring Color to Plushes, Velvets,&c.; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a soap which is used not only for cleansing,but also for restoring color to plushes, velvets, and like goods.

Prior to my invention various detergents have been compounded anddesigned for the same purpose as mine. The obj ection to the use ofthese has been that they are in a soft or fluid condition and liable tospill over and mess the goods.

My invention produces an article which is solid, conveniently handled,cannot be accidentally applied, and when appliedonly the desired amountis used.

To compound this article I take four pounds good quality of hard soapand dissolve it over a fire. It is then ready for the coloring. Thisdepends upon the color desired. For one kind of soap I mix asufficientquantity of ninety-five per cent. alcohol with four ounces of fuchsincrimson, thoroughly dissolving the latter, and then add this to themelted soap. To this add one-fourth ounce ammonia and one-fourth ouncesal-soda. Mix thoroughly while hot and pour into molds or vessel forcooling. After cooling it is in a hard or solidified condition, and canbe handled like ordinary cake soap.

To make green soap, four ounces of Victoria green are used instead ofcrimson, the same process being used.

To make blue soap, blue aniline is used, same quantity; for purple soap,two ounces blue aniline and two ounces fuchsin crim son; for yellowsoap, four ounces yellow aniline; for brown soap, four ounces Bismarckbrown.

Ihus is produced a colored soap which is applied to the goods by thehand, which not only cleanses the goods, but also restores the colorwhich has been lost by wear or light.

Of course, I do not confine myself to the precise proportions set forth,as they may be varied.

This soap is applied to ear-seats and the like without removing thecover.

I am aware that it is not new to add coloring-matter to asaponaceouscompound for the purpose of restoring color to goods, such being fullyset forth in United States Patent No. 294,727; but my invention consistsin making the soap in such a condition that its use is faoilitated,andthat it can be employed without waste or liability of smearing ormessing the article to be renovated.

Having described my invention, what I claim is v 1. As an improvement indetergents for restoring color, soap in a solidified form containing acoloring-matter which is imparted to the article to be cleansed when thesoap is applied, as set forth.

2. A detergent for restoring color, consisting of soap, coloring-matter,ammonia, and sal-soda, in about the proportions stated and in asolidified form, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

h ANNA KENDALL.

mark. Witnesses:

J. L. Onnnnn, AGNESS A. SIMS.

